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Children spanked at age 3 are more likely to be aggressive by age 5, research finds. What the science says about corporal punishment -- and what works instead.

February 25, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Kay Hymowitz's 'Manning Up' argued the rise of women had turned men into boys. The extended-adolescence debate -- the facts and the framing.

February 25, 2011 · 2 min read

At Mobile World Congress 2011, Visa bet big on paying by phone. The plan, the security debate -- and how the mobile-wallet prediction played out.

February 18, 2011 · 2 min read

In praise of the rain check day: grey skies, cancelled plans, and the rare gift of unstructured time. Why bad weather restores the mind.

February 15, 2011 · 1 min read

In February 2011, Rajasthan braced for Tom Cruise and Salma Hayek. What the announcement promised -- and what actually got filmed.

February 14, 2011 · 1 min read

Valentine's Day is a floor, not a ceiling. What actually sustains love: appreciation, attention, repair, and affection -- practiced every day.

February 14, 2011 · 1 min read

Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Body promised rapid fat loss through self-experiment. What the 2010 bestseller got right -- and where to be cautious.

February 14, 2011 · 1 min read

A 2011 'find of the week' profile of an education writer we cannot verify in any public record. Archived without search indexing.

February 13, 2011 · 1 min read

The connotations of the word relationship conjures likely images of couples bonded in a marital bliss (or possibly in a lack thereof), or those living…

February 11, 2011 · 3 min read

Three years after Aarushi Talwar's murder, the CBI named her father a suspect and a court summoned both parents. The case that broke India's faith.

February 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Laneway street art, flat whites, and 100,000 voices at the MCG: a travel postcard from Melbourne, the city that needs no spotlight.

February 6, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, IIT-Bombay bid for a New York campus under Bloomberg's Applied Sciences NYC plan -- the moment India's top engineering school went global.

February 6, 2011 · 1 min read

Five pounds in a week sounds tempting before Valentine's Day. Here's what that weight actually is -- and what works instead.

February 1, 2011 · 1 min read

In January 2011, Oprah Winfrey revealed a half-sister, Patricia, she never knew existed -- one of the defining moments of her show's final season.

January 30, 2011 · 1 min read

When care turns into control: why mothering your husband backfires, and how to keep the partnership equal without losing the tenderness.

January 30, 2011 · 1 min read

Weight loss requires eating less than you burn — but that fact helps no one. What actually determines whether the weight stays off.

January 30, 2011 · 2 min read

Ten gloriously over-the-top Valentine's Day getaway ideas, from Venice in carnival season to Udaipur's lake palaces to the northern lights of Iceland.

January 30, 2011 · 2 min read

Why do so many men forget Valentine's Day? Memory, marketing, and the mind-reading trap -- and the one conversation that fixes it.

January 29, 2011 · 1 min read

John Wade Agan of Tampa survived a lightning strike through his corded phone -- the latest chapter in a life of robberies, a stabbing, and snakebites.

January 28, 2011 · 1 min read

An Ohio mother spent ten days in jail for using her father's address to send her daughters to a better school. The case that exposed America's

January 27, 2011 · 1 min read